Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope.

Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope.

When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.

Conscience: self-esteem with a halo.

Time flames like a paraffin stove / and what burns are the minutes I live.

I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats

Progress of a marriage: There was a time when you couldn't make me happy. Now the time has come when you can make me unhappy.